The City

Which three characteristics do cities share?

• Residential, Population Size, Administrative Status

• Population Size, Urban Space, Administrative Status

• Political, Urban Space, Population Size

• Political, Residential, Administrative Status

Click on the functions of the cities

• Redidential

• Urban

• Industrial

• Transport

• Commercial

What are the three main areas of a city called?

• Industrial areas

• Outskirt

• Expansion zone

• Urban area

• Historic Centre

City layouts. City with a historic centre built before the 19^th or 20^th centuries

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Irregular layout

• Lineal layout

• Radial layout

How this layout is called?

• Irregular layout

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Radial layout

• Lineal layout

City organised around an important central point, like a spider's web

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Irregular layout

• Lineal layout

• Radial layout

It is a fairly regular grid in which streets usually run at right angles to each other

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Irregular layout

• Lineal layout

• Radial layout

It was used by the Greeks and Romans. It was also used when building expansion zones in cities in the 19^th and 20^th centuries

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Irregular layout

• Lineal layout

• Radial layout

Made up of narrow, winding streets

• Irregular layout

• Orthogonal grid layout

• Radial layout

• Lineal layout

What do we call urban layout?

• The network of streets and buildings in a city

• The urbanisation process of a city

• The constructive evolution of a city